Improvement in plaiting attachments for sewing-machines



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE SAMUEL O. BROWN, OF BOROUGH OF CARLISLE,PENNSYLVANIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN PLAlTING ATTACHMENTS FOR SEWING-MACHINES.

Specication forming part of Letters Patent N0. 63,463., dated April 2,1867.

To all 'whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL O. BROWN, ot' the Borough of Carlisle, countyof Cumberland and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and usefulImproved Plaiter for Sewing-Machines; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and accurate description ot' theconstruction and operation of the same, reference being had to theanneXed drawings, making a part of this speciiication, in which- Figurel is an accurate perspective front view of the whole improved plaiter,and Fig. 2 a side view.

N N is the stationary arm of the IVheeler 85 Wilson sewing-machine, towhich, for examples sake, the plaiter is adjusted by the part G, asshown in the drawing. rlihe point of adjustment is S, about the middleot' the arm N N, at which point in all Vheeler St Wilson machines thereis a thumb-screw, by which to adjust what is called the large gage ofsaid machines. R is the needlearm ot' the said machine. Q is thecloth-presser, and P the needle. M M is the bed-plate of the machine, onwhich the plaiter rests, as shown in the drawing. By a slight variationthe plaiter can be adjusted to any other machine, either to thestationary arm or to the bed-plate. To the upper side ot' G is attached,by a screw, the adjustable plate F, which is connected by the rod H withthe lower plate E. To the upper side of E is attached, by a screw, theadjustable plate A. To the lower part of Gr, which is bent at F, isattached by a screw the adjustable part L, connected with D. To the sideof D farthest from the operator is attached by a screw the perpendicularmovable gage I, and to the base of D nearest the operator is attachedthe fixed gage O. Through two apertures, m m, in D is inserted themovable plate B, adjusted by a screw, as seen in the drawing. The widthof the plate 1s regu'- lated by the adjustment of the plates A and B.For a narrow plait, B is moved from the operator, and A adjusted to it;for a broad plait, the converse is done. The rst plait, or center one,ot' a shirt front, must be `made by hand in the ordinary way. The edgeof the first or center plait is then made to move against the outside ofthe gage I, in order that there may be a small space between the irst orcenter plait and the one next to it. The plate A is loosed and movedtoward the operator, and the goods drawn under the plate B and over it,and the plate A is then moved forward and over the goods to D, andfastened- The goods are then drawn back over A, and the machine beingput in motion, needle entering the cloth at O, a line ot' seam orstitching is formed, which makes the iirst plait from the center. Thegage I is now raised and the edge of the first plait from the centermade to pass against the outside ot' the stationary gage G, and theoperation ot' making the second plait from the center is the same asthat ot' the first. rlhe gage C extends a small distance on the side ofl) next to the operator, in order that the plaits may overlap eachother. 1

I claiml. My improved plaiter, as made with the combination andarrangement of the adjustable plates A and B, the adjustable gage I, andthe stationary gage O, operating and connect ed with D, in the mannerand for the purpose described in the foregoing specitcation.

2. The adjustable parts L and F, and the rod H and plate E, operating asdescribed, and connected adjustably to the sewing-machine by means ot'the part G, in the manner and for the purpose described in the foregoingspecication.

S. O. BROWN.

Witnesses:

F. E. BELTzIIoovEE, MICHAEL BELTZHoovER.

